Ignorance by Content and Omission

As a nation and as a people we have come to where we are as a direct result of the information we receive through the commercial media. In terms of democracy creation the news is useless if its intent is to inform and to educate. It is effective if its intent is to purvey propaganda and to deceive the masses. So many well intentioned people fall in line behind the president because they fail to understand his policies. They lack historical perspective. Having the ability to understand current events from an historical perspective... Read article

Video: Democracy For Sale – Mr Abramoff Goes to Washington

Abramoff’s testimony threatens not only the most senior politicians in the country but it is also exposing the corrosive influence of lobbyists’ money on American democracy. A scandal involving a lobbyist, and his dodgy multimillion-dollar payments to US politicians, is beginning to engulf the Bush Administration. Many commentators are saying that the case of Jack Abramoff strikes at the very heart of representative democracy in the US where astonishingly most of what he did is not just common place, it’s perfectly... Read article

“Student” Protests? or Leftist Front?

Students Make A Convenient Shield Most headlines about demonstrations, riots and other antisocial behavior involve “students.” Or so the media reports. It would appear that genuine students would have a bit much on their hands with their studies and career objectives to go prowling about various cities swinging clubs and throwing rocks. But, one has only to look back to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to find some gullible students with an airheaded view of the future, no practical experience, and well-trained... Read article

9/11 – Eliminating The Impossible

“It is always better to say right out what you think without trying to prove anything much: for all our proofs are only variations of our opinions, and the contrary-minded listen neither to one nor the other.” ~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I said I’d never do it — say what I think about that terrible morning of September 11, 2001. I’ve seen what happens to those who question the elaborate, tangled explanations the Bush administration offers about what happened, how it happened, who did it, and... Read article

Video: We’re Sorry – Former US soldiers on the personal cost of war in Iraq

We have a powerful film this evening. We follow a group of former US soldiers who have returned from Iraq deeply affected by the experience. As they march across America to protest against the war they reveal their own experiences of the conflict, make some disturbing allegations about military practices in Iraq and reflect on how it feels to come home. We’ll discuss some of the issues raised with the former Judge Advocate General for the US Army who is also a decorated combat veteran. Newsnight – BBC –... Read article

Compassionate Immigration Reform

As our nation is being inundated by the stream of illegal immigrants crossing our southern borders, flooding our factories and fields with potential employees who are willing to work at extremely low wages, and overwhelming our already-stressed hospitals and welfare systems, Americans are being split yet again over how to handle the problem. There are those who cry for compassion in caring for these desperate people marching in determined opposition to those who are concerned about national security and the durability of... Read article

Born on the bayou: Tribal Katrina victims, you have not been forgotten!

Holy sheep dookie! I just got out of a Native American sweat lodge. Those things are FIERCE! First we all crowded into a willow frame covered with really heavy felt blankets to hold in the heat. Then some “Firemen” threw a whole bunch of really hot rocks into the tent and it got so hot that I thought my skin was gonna turn into Kentucky fried chicken. Then, while I was in shock and awe that I would have to spend the rest of my life in a burn unit, my evil twin got so scared that my good twin came out! But only... Read article

Video: U.S. Investigates Killing of Iraqi Civilian Family

A video tape uncovered by Time Magazine showing evidence of an attack on Iraqi civilians in Haditha has renewed human rights calls for investigations into possible war crimes by the U.S. military. The Pentagon announced that 12 Marines were under investigation for the deaths shown in the video tape. The video in this post has a BBC report on the U.S. military investigation as well as reports from the point of view of Arab television.  Read More →

Video: Iraq’s Missing Billions

Exposed: How American Contractors With The Help Of U.S. Government Raped Iraq Dr Ali Fadhil, a 29 year old Iraqi doctor, investigates what has happened to billions of dollars worth of Iraqi money which was put into the care of the US led coalition to be spent for the benefit of Iraqi people on the reconstruction of their country. He uncovers a shocking story of fraud, incompetence and corruption, unscrupulous foreign contractors who made millions from dodgy contracts, and literally billions of dollars which cannot be properly... Read article

Flash Video: Children of Abraham – Death in the Desert

Animation by Richard Kastelein Written by Chris Floyd Music by Peter Gabriel and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan  Read More →

Katrina fatigue: 7 months after Katrina, 2 months before the next hurricane

I’m down in New Orleans, visiting my son who is on the American Indian Movement’s Sacred Run from Alcatraz/San Francisco to Washington DC. If this e-mail looks a little spotty it’s because I’m writing you from my son’s laptop computer in the basement of the United Houma Nation’s hurricane relief center. Yesterday, we spent the night sleeping on the floor of the minister’s study in a church in Baton Rouge.Today, the runners covered the 65 miles into New Orleans. They ran. I drove.... Read article

Are You a Good American? movie review: America: From Freedom to Fascism

On March 18, 2006 I attended the prescreening of the Aaron Russo film, America: From Freedom to Fascism at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. In the film, Russo, neither a Democrat nor a Republican, suggests that we “Stop being a good Democrat. Stop being a good Republican. Start being a good American.” This enlightening film is scheduled for release to the general public on July 4, 2006. [i] See the trailer here. Russo skillfully wrote, directed and appeared in this masterful film. This is a must-see movie. “The... Read article

Have you seen Mrs. Christ? book review: DaVinci Code & Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Dan Brown, author of the bestsellingest book ever, The Da Vinci Code, is on trial in Britain for stealing the ideas of another bestseller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail. I happened to read both books right before the suit was filed and was astonished when the court agreed to hear the case. I thought you couldn’t buy that kind of publicity. The central idea in both books — that Jesus was a family man who survived crucifixion and escaped with his wife Mary Magdalene to the south of France where their progeny survives... Read article

Video: The Road To Guantánamo

In this compelling docudrama by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, three young British Muslims tell the story of how they came to be in US custody at Guantánamo for over two years, and discuss the Kafkaesque horrors that awaited them there, until finally they were released without charge or apology. It takes a moment or two to realize that these events reflect the reality of those held in Americas notorious gulag. The Road to Guantanamo – Channel 4 – UK Loading... You may need to update / download Free... Read article

What If We Don’t?

Sometimes in life, when deciding what decision to make, it is helpful to reverse the problem and look at it from the bottom up, so to speak. There is much talk among the populace about whether it would be possible or advisable to launch impeachment procedures against President Bush so close to the end of his second, and last, term. It would likely leave us with Dick Cheney as president for two years, which many find a distasteful result. It would leave the nation “vulnerable” and “leaderless” in a... Read article

Video: The Truth About Vitamins

Are vitamins doing us any good? Could they even be dangerous? Every year we spend millions of dollars on vitamin supplements, but do they actually do us any good? Some believe they offer the promise of preventing or even curing some of the world’s biggest killers, such as heart disease and cancer. Others claim that taking large doses of some vitamins may in certain cases be harmful. So what are the facts? BBC – Science & Nature  Read More →

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